Posted by Russell Shaw @ 9:02 am   Year:February 7th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 7th, 2005 This guys built his own VoIP phone Posted by Russell Shaw @ 9:02 am Categories: General Tags: I was hangin out on Slashdotover the weekend when I saw this post about some guy who had apparently built his own full-screen, thin-client VoIP phone. I followed the link to a Web page maintained by "R. Sohan." Apparently, Mr. Sohan hasworked withone of the "beautiful but useless Broadband Phones" orphaned when AT&T Research Cambridge (U.K.) closed down. According to Mr. Sohan, hes made the phone functional. And more than that! Were talking 65K colors, a 640480 screen,8MB of flash memory, a touchscreen, and a sound card running a flavor of the Linux 2.2 kernel. If you want to read the basics of how he brought the phone to life, here you go. If your curiosit...

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Posted by Russell Shaw @ 8:38 am   Year:February 7th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 7th, 2005 Thrilling Communications Feat or Hyperbole Overdrive? Posted by Russell Shaw @ 8:38 am Categories: General Tags: This weekend, I received a vaguely written press release about an "opportunity" to participate in the "World Record for the Most Participated, Longest International Call Using VoIP." Certainly not short on hyperbole, the press release went on to say that this event would be "the most thrilling communications feat ever attempted since Alexander Graham Bells first telephone call." Strike a blow for modesty! Woo-hoo! Language like that made me think of whatever the VoIP equivalent would be to the old college stunt of seeing how many people you could stick in a phone booth. In other words, lets see how many people we can get to participate in thi...

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Posted by Russell Shaw @ 8:21 am   Year:February 7th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 7th, 2005 Buoyed by chip orders, Taiwan-based VoIP manufacturing skyrockets Posted by Russell Shaw @ 8:21 am Categories: General Tags: If youre looking for a hot VoIP equipment manufacturing market, try Taiwan. After all, the island nation is both a key manufacturing hub for many key international VoIP gateway and networking suppliers. EE Times magazinecitesa report from Taiwans Market Intelligence Centernoting that in the second half of last year, sales of VoIP equipment for the domestic and international home market increased 199 percent over the first half of 2004. Of a total of $403 million in shipments, a little more than $280 million, or 70 percent, represented the consumer market. International and domestic enterprise VoIP constituted the remaining 30 perce...

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Posted by Joe Brockmeier @ 8:05 am   Year:February 7th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 7th, 2005 Misconceptions about Samba, and interoperability Posted by Joe Brockmeier @ 8:05 am Categories: General Tags: Andrew Tridgell clears up a few misconceptions about Samba over on Groklaw. Samba, in case you arent familiar with the project, provides print and file services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is probably used most often to allow Linux servers to offer print and file sharing services to Windows clients, but its not limited to working with Windows or running on Linux. Its not uncommon for people to describe Samba as "reverse-engineering" Microsofts protocols so that Samba can work with Microsoft clients. Tridgell points out that the Samba team actually uses the "French Cafe" method to figure out how to work with Microsoft clients. Imagine you wanted ...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 11:18 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 108 mln Americans to use broadband at home in 2009 Posted by ZDNet Research @ 11:18 pm Categories: General Tags: Jupiter Research has forecast that the US home broadband user base will be 108 mln people by 2009, double the 55 mln it counted in 2004. 47% of surveyed broadband consumers would be willing to pay for a value added service (VAS) bundle that would include security or entertainment services. Those who have been online for less than year were more interested in paying for VAS (60% of whom were willing to pay) than those who have been online for longer periods of time. Users with children were also more likely to pay for a bundle (54% said they would pay) as opposed to those without kids (only 45%). The younger the consumer, the more likely he or sh...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 11:18 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 Sarbanes-Oxley costs an average of $3.7 mln for billion-dollar companies Posted by ZDNet Research @ 11:18 pm Categories: General Tags: Some 83% of the surveyed companies are deploying or evaluating new systems to automate financial processes such as billing and revenue recognition in order to achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. About 40% are investing in information-security and other technology for improving their IT infrastructure, and 30% are investing in document and records-management systems. Average labor costs during the first full year of compliance are $3.7 mln for companies with more than $1 bln in revenue, and $1.6 mln for companies with revenue between $200 mln and $1 bln, according to the survey. Among the largest 10% of companies surveyed, la...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 10:00 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 108 mln Americans to use broadband at home in 2009 Posted by ZDNet Research @ 10:00 pm Categories: Broadband Tags: Jupiter Research has forecast that the US home broadband user base will be 108 mln people by 2009, double the 55 mln it counted in 2004. 47% of surveyed broadband consumers would be willing to pay for a value added service (VAS) bundle that would include security or entertainment services. Those who have been online for less than year were more interested in paying for VAS (60% of whom were willing to pay) than those who have been online for longer periods of time. Users with children were also more likely to pay for a bundle (54% said they would pay) as opposed to those without kids (only 45%). The younger the consumer, the more likely he or ...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 9:58 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 Sarbanes-Oxley costs an average of $3.7 mln for billion-dollar companies Posted by ZDNet Research @ 9:58 pm Categories: Spending Tags: Some 83% of the surveyed companies are deploying or evaluating new systems to automate financial processes such as billing and revenue recognition in order to achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. About 40% are investing in information-security and other technology for improving their IT infrastructure, and 30% are investing in document and records-management systems. Average labor costs during the first full year of compliance are $3.7 mln for companies with more than $1 bln in revenue, and $1.6 mln for companies with revenue between $200 mln and $1 bln, according to the survey. Among the largest 10% of companies surveyed, la...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 5:17 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 Women entrepreneurs increased 190% since 1990 Posted by ZDNet Research @ 5:17 pm Categories: General Tags: The number of immigrant women entrepreneurs has increased 190% since 1990, and 468% since 1980, according to the Immigration Policy Center report. They make up 8.3% of the employed immigrant female population; only 6.2% of employed native-born women are business owners. A woman entrepreneur is most likely to be from Mexico (16.5% of all immigrant women business owners), Korea (6.1%), Vietnam (4.9%), the Philippines (4.0%), El Salvador (3.7%), Germany (3.6%) and Canada (3.3%). Her age is probably between 36 and 45, the most represented age group for immigrant female and male entrepreneurs. Industry-wise, while the top five industries are stereotypical ...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 3:53 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 Women entrepreneurs increased 190% since 1990 Posted by ZDNet Research @ 3:53 pm Categories: Venture capital Tags: The number of immigrant women entrepreneurs has increased 190% since 1990, and 468% since 1980, according to the Immigration Policy Center report. They make up 8.3% of the employed immigrant female population; only 6.2% of employed native-born women are business owners. A woman entrepreneur is most likely to be from Mexico (16.5% of all immigrant women business owners), Korea (6.1%), Vietnam (4.9%), the Philippines (4.0%), El Salvador (3.7%), Germany (3.6%) and Canada (3.3%). Her age is probably between 36 and 45, the most represented age group for immigrant female and male entrepreneurs. Industry-wise, while the top five industries are stereo...

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Posted by ZDNet Research @ 3:21 pm   Year:February 6th, 2005   Source Site:zdnet

February 6th, 2005 UK PC market grew 16.9% in Q4 2004 Posted by ZDNet Research @ 3:21 pm Categories: General Tags: Firmly in line with forecasts, the UK PC market expanded by 16.9% year on year in Q4 2004, leading to full year growth of 17.9% overall. Concluding what has been a strong year for the industry, over 2.6 mln units were shipped in Q4 2004, 35% of which were notebooks. The notebook market continued to be the key driver of growth, expanding by 34.4% year on year, while desktop and x86 server sales grew by 9.1% and 13% respectively. Alex is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. ITFacts is created and updated by a group of statistics-obsessed individuals. ...

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